Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

The Last Watchdog: How the Demise of Local News is Rewriting Democracy News Deserts, Broken Trust: Who Wins When Local Journalism Dies?

How the Demise of Local News is Rewriting Democracy

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The Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity published a study predicting that 25% of American jobs will be eliminated by A.I. within 3 years:
fundforhumanity.org
That is the same number of jobs that were eliminated in the Great Depression that led to the Social Security Act. Now is the time for UBI.

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Republican ousted by Democrat in shock election defeat The mayoralty has been held by a Republican for years.

Fairbanks Alaska: Democratic Mindy O’Neall ousted former Republican Mayor David Pruhs. Let’s go!

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Ex-special counsel John Durham undercut case against James Comey in interview with prosecutors: Sources John Durham, who investigated the Russia probe, told prosecutors probing James Comey that had been unable to uncover evidence supporting charges against him, sources say.

The DOJ case against Comey is pure political retribution:
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YouTube video by MSNBC Pritzker to Trump: 'Come and get me!'

«JB Pritzker (D) spoke to MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff in Chicago where he responded to the president's call for him to be jailed, saying Trump is "breaching the Constitution."»

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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video) Cause for concern

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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.

Always the best way to celebrate getting $20 billion from the Trump administration to screw US soybean farmers.

More good work by Greg Sargent

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

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«Trump day 261: Trump says not all employees get paid after the shutdown, Office of Detention Oversight closed during shutdown, 70% Americans think economy is on the wrong track, 107 Trump nominees confirmed:»

«ICE completely shuts down the Office of Detention Oversight during shutdown. They normally inspect detention centers to ensure safe and humane treatment of migrants. ICE will continue to arrest migrants and there will be new contracts for additional reception facilities.»

«Trump says in an interview that 'no one has been shot' in Washington DC since he put the National Guard there, while the Washington Post just reported that three people have been killed in shootings in three days.»

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

Woman shot by ICE has been released from custody, body cam footage revealed an agent saying
"do something bitch" while holding his rifle at her

All these headlines saying “Bondi Goes on the Attack.” Really? She wasn’t in the octagon, she’s a public servant who was at an oversight hearing. Her job was to answer questions. She refused to do her job. Stop glamorizing and whitewashing this moronic, performative bullshit.

My radical views are that I’d prefer to pay for healthcare for all and food for everyone than have my tax dollars support genocide, ICE, and the bank accounts of the super wealthy.

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Russian-installed authorities check students' phones in occupied Crimea Occupation authorities in Crimea are checking students' phones in schools for content and settings that may indicate a pro-Ukrainian position, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Oct....

⚡️Russian-installed authorities check students' phones in occupied Crimea.

Occupation authorities in Crimea are checking students' phones in schools for content and settings that may indicate a pro-Ukrainian position, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Oct. 7.